Blogging, Tweeting and having in class discussion all have their advantages in regards to getting your point across. I prefer both Tweeting and in-class conversations because of the immediate interactions although they each have their disadvantages. Looking at Twitter, and now blogging more frequently along with the interaction with some classmates below are my observations of some of the pros and cons.
Pros to Twitter:
> Direct contact quicker access with your followers and even celebrities
> You can post videos, pictures, links to other websites and follow popular hashtags
> Millions of followers on Twitter
Cons to Twitter:
> Limitations of only 140 characters per tweet
> Over exposure
Pros to blogging:
> One view, of the writer
> Allows for the followers to leave feedback from your post or other comments
> Can post links to other websites for reference
Cons to blogging:
> Most of the content is only from the writer
> Longer wait for response
> Not a direct response like Twitter or in person
> Comments cannot be re-posted like Twitter conversations can
> Not so many people will respond or comment on blog topics
Pros to in-class discussions:
> Engaging of all students with participation from the professor
> Live reactions to suggestions and comments
> Sharing information of websites and other resources
> Opportunities to ask many questions and have them responded to accurately
Cons to in-class discussions:
> They can drag for hours
> Your discussions can go off topic
> You're not as liberated to say what you really want in a class setting
Some people are not comfortable communicating in a certain platform, therefore I recommend using whatever method works best for the individual.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Blogs vs. Wikis
I prefer to blog several different topics over maintaining a wiki page any day. On a blog, I can freely express myself about any topic of discussion and others can weigh in with their opinions or feelings. Unlike the wiki, information has to be factual since it's used as a reference page by most. A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style and a wiki is a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.
As Linda Weiser Friedman, professor of the Department of Statistics & Computer Information Systems at Baruch College in New York City, states, on pg. 14 of her paper on New Media, because of the convergence of media the world can access information so much faster than ever before with a variety of technology, from Smart TVs, Blogs, Twitter, the Internet, etc. At the speed that news happens in the world, it's important that people have access to and receive information as it occurs.
It would be interesting to see Blogs evolve to where two people can blog as an online conversation in blog format of course. In order to achieve this blog sites would have to open the editing lines so that two writers instead of one can contribute to an article, not like someone commenting on the blog, however, like instant messaging is formatted.
Until taking my New Media class I had never explored all the parts of Wikipedia. Honestly, it's remarkable as to how many people can contribute to information on any topic. I didn't know that there were so many other compartments such as a Community Portal, Help Desk, Reference Desk, sort of like a virtual library- who knew. They also have a Site News page that updates on news happening around the world daily. What I found most interesting is Wikipedia's "Village Pump" page, that allows for contributors to discuss Wiki itself and includes areas for technical issues and policies. With so many portals of exploration and accessibility to information, I don't think there is anything at this time that Wikipedia lacks for its contributors, readers, etc.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Social Networking
Many agree that social media is an phenomenal tool in this day and age, however there are the pros and cons of exposing what you do and don't want in the eyes of the public. Stephen J. Dubnar with Freakonomics compiled a great article, Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum. Many in the quorum agreed that social networking is a great outlet for meeting new people and connecting with new and old friends. They also agreed that it is also a fantastic business tool for obtaining knowledge on any business topic or for educational information. Businesses can definitely benefit from social networking by advertising and marketing to their followers on social media. Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor at Michigan State University stated that "...network sites continue to be embraced by businesses, non-profits, civic groups, and political organizations that value the connections these tools support.".
Society definitely benefits from social networking with the vast options of networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.; not to mention the many options of dating websites and meet up groups on the net. You can go from being single to marrying your bride from anther country online before meeting her in person in less than a week (a little humor). Students benefit tremendously from social networking. Ellison (assistant professor at Michigan State University) of the Freakonomics Quorum, also states "Undergraduates who used Facebook intensively had higher bridging social capital scores than those who didn't,...". Advertising from business is a perk for both businesses and society in my eyes. The business gets to promote their add on any one of the networks and consumers benefit from a product that they can use.
With every good there is always a bad side to things. In Freakonomics Quorum, Martin Bailey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an advisor to the McKinsey Global Institute gave many examples of how technology can also decrease the quality of life for a society. He listed ways that because society has adapted to modern technology that we lack a sense of face to face interaction. We spend less time with each other talking and going out to catch up. He mentions that with so much sharing on social media that people can enter a danger zone as to exposing too much of our lives. There are predators out there waiting to harm us for what we expose on the net. An example of this may be of recent reporting of Kim Kardashian being robbed in Paris at gunpoint of all her valuables. She puts EVERYTHING on t.v., twitter and Instagram. I guess, these guys were just sitting and waiting. Society tends to be envious of the life style they believe that we live and in turn we become hated and resented against. Doug Gross from CNN wrote an article on the term "Unfriend", in which the term derived from Facebook. According to the Oxford dictionary, reported by Gross, "unfriend is a verb that means to remove someone as a friend on social networking site such as Facebook."
Technology will continue to evolve in the future and we, as a society, will find new and innovative ways to make it do things to make our lives even easier to live for our own comfort, however the effects of how we interact with each other as a society will not be favorable. People will continue not wanting to hold meaningful conversations face to face. Human contact as far as socializing will not allow for the younger generations to hold face to face social gatherings. Everything will be computerized and on line through network.
Society definitely benefits from social networking with the vast options of networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.; not to mention the many options of dating websites and meet up groups on the net. You can go from being single to marrying your bride from anther country online before meeting her in person in less than a week (a little humor). Students benefit tremendously from social networking. Ellison (assistant professor at Michigan State University) of the Freakonomics Quorum, also states "Undergraduates who used Facebook intensively had higher bridging social capital scores than those who didn't,...". Advertising from business is a perk for both businesses and society in my eyes. The business gets to promote their add on any one of the networks and consumers benefit from a product that they can use.
With every good there is always a bad side to things. In Freakonomics Quorum, Martin Bailey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an advisor to the McKinsey Global Institute gave many examples of how technology can also decrease the quality of life for a society. He listed ways that because society has adapted to modern technology that we lack a sense of face to face interaction. We spend less time with each other talking and going out to catch up. He mentions that with so much sharing on social media that people can enter a danger zone as to exposing too much of our lives. There are predators out there waiting to harm us for what we expose on the net. An example of this may be of recent reporting of Kim Kardashian being robbed in Paris at gunpoint of all her valuables. She puts EVERYTHING on t.v., twitter and Instagram. I guess, these guys were just sitting and waiting. Society tends to be envious of the life style they believe that we live and in turn we become hated and resented against. Doug Gross from CNN wrote an article on the term "Unfriend", in which the term derived from Facebook. According to the Oxford dictionary, reported by Gross, "unfriend is a verb that means to remove someone as a friend on social networking site such as Facebook."
Technology will continue to evolve in the future and we, as a society, will find new and innovative ways to make it do things to make our lives even easier to live for our own comfort, however the effects of how we interact with each other as a society will not be favorable. People will continue not wanting to hold meaningful conversations face to face. Human contact as far as socializing will not allow for the younger generations to hold face to face social gatherings. Everything will be computerized and on line through network.
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